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# missis

noun (missises)

«missis» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(old use, dialect) Missis is a spoken form of «missus»: a wife, or a polite way to speak to a woman. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/missis/#m1)

### In the lessons

a plain, country way of speaking to a woman in old stories

### Examples

- «Good morning, missis,» said the farmer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/missis/#x1)
- The missis made tea for the visitors. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/missis/#x2)
- «Hi, missis, where is the road?» he asked. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/missis/#x3)
- Her missis was in the kitchen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/missis/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «missis» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/missis/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«missis» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/missis.html) on Mova free.